In the past few years, Government agencies have worked hard to connect old and new communities in an increasingly diverse Singapore.

There is the National Integration Council’s Community Integration Fund, which subsidises events to urge locals and foreigners to mingle, and the People’s Association’s Integration and Naturalisation Champions, where community leaders welcome new citizens and residents through house visits, parties and festive celebrations.

… Priscilla Cabuyao is a Senior Analyst at the Centre of Excellence for National Security, a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.